Eerkodeshoi

Pronunciation: eer-koh-DESH-ee

Who They Are

“The Eerkodeshoi are angels and are viewed as being members of the holy communities of those who revere His name among mankind. They are also considered members of the Religion of Shabuwa and the personal religion of all who love the Lord. And they are interacted with daily by the righteous. It is held that they can be both spoken to and can speak to us in the feelings of our hearts” (Enoch, Introduction p. xv–xvi). They are the elements of creation, the spirits of life: “all mountains are one watcher, all hills another, all trees another and so forth” (Handbook p. 525).

The Meaning of the Name

Eerkodeshoi “is the ancient name for Watchers/angels (#5894 & #6944) which means ‘holy’ or ‘sacred'”; the word appears in the Cave 4 Enoch fragment 4QEn (Enoch, Introduction p. xi). “All the Holy Watchers we call the Eerkodeshoi because they have eternally chosen the pathway of righteousness, and they have eyes to see Anokeesed” (Enoch, Bedal 8:20).

How Many and How They Are Grouped

“The number of all the watchers of the earth are said to be numbered about six-hundred… about two-hundred of them fell away from God and followed Semihazah and they are represented by twenty leaders. And the others who were faithful to God number about four hundred and they are represented by twenty-four leaders… They are called in heaven ‘The Eerkodeshoi’… Chief among them is fire” (Handbook p. 525), whose name is Debariel. Twelve of them are the Council of the Eerkodeshiy, the Angels of the Presence, who “ever and always attend with diligence to the needs of my gentle Father Anokeesed, and they love Him with a tenderness that can only be found in Elda” (Melchizedek 2:9–10). The fallen are the Decadarchoi.

The First Great Sevening

In the First Great Sevening all the watchers of heaven chose which example they would follow. “The Eerkodeshiy, the two-thirds faithful, those who sevened themselves to be like the righteous, will now never depart away from loving Anokeesed and His children” (Handbook p. 128).

Companions and Home of Mankind

“The souls of the Eerkodeshoi are brought into being because of God, and they find life for their souls because of Messiah, and they find fulfillment of their purpose because of man” (II Achee 5:14). “It was built into their souls that they would be the companions and sustainers of mankind throughout all the course of creation” (Melchizedek 2:43). Anokeesed taught the rocks how to be a home: “First you must learn to be a home for yourselves, and to do that you will need fire and water” (Melchizedek 11:108). Moses was the first after Melchizedek to bring the concept “that the elements of the earth are angels,” and David lists a version of the Eerkodeshoi as angels in Psalm 148 (Enoch, Introduction p. xvi).

Shabuwa Is Their Salvation

Shabuwa “is the covenant that joins all the spirits of life in creation, who are the Eerkodeshiy, to those who walk in The Way of Jeshurun in righteousness, in rich bonds of affection” (Moses 6:53). “Shabuwa is the salvation of the Eerkodeshiy, and by it they are saved from being overcome with sorrows” (Melchizedek 2:134). Its token, the rainbow, promises “that the Eerkodeshiy will never again come to the place where they want to die from utter loneliness, being deprived of the companionship of the righteous” (Melchizedek 12:123). “Anokeesed is comforted when His loved ones are obedient to join with the Eerkodeshiy in rich bonds of affection” (Moses, Law 25). They presided at the wedding of Melchizedek (Melchizedek 9:217). See Shabuwa.

The Principal Eerkodeshiy

“Whichever Eerkodeshiy is designated to be our kindred is for the purpose of giving us a close source of the feelings of forgiveness, and whichever of the Eerkodeshiy that we are counseled is our principal Eerkodeshiy is for the purpose of safeguarding us from the effects of pride” (Melchizedek 8:155).

The Storehouse of the Holy Spirit

At the call of Mykar, “the Eerkodeshiy heeded the call and they moved out to join together in setting all their affairs in order so they could establish among themselves a Storehouse of the Holy Spirit… and they brought to mind all the desires of Anokeesed to pour out His Spirit upon His lovely children” (Melchizedek 8:100).

When They Grieve

Natural disasters long blamed on God’s wrath “are in fact the acts of the Eerkodeshiy as they grieve over sin” (Handbook p. 137). “Most, if not all, natural disasters result from the expression of sorrow and grief over sin and corruption that the Eerkodeshiy feel when they feel the sorrow of Anokeesed at the corruption of his children. God is love” (Handbook p. 320).

A Note on Spelling

Also spelled Eerkodeshiy: the same holy beings, the same word. The Book of Melchizedek explains the change: the Hebrew plural ending is -iy, not the Greek -oi (Melchizedek, Appendix pp. 599–600). “Eerkodeshoi” is used in Achee, Enoch and the Ancient Grandmothers; “Eerkodeshiy” in Melchizedek, Moses and the Handbook.

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